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No, music does not require narrative. Absolute music, like symphonies or sonatas, exists purely as sound patterns evoking emotions without stories—think Bach's fugues or Brahms' quartets. In contrast, program music (e.g., Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique) intentionally depicts scenes or tales. Listeners often impose narratives anyway, but music's power lies in abstraction, not storytelling.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_music
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-019-0363-1
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